"That clearly don't contribute anything to the defense of anything" and what makes you so sure? Sponsoring of dissidents in other countries by our government has rarely if ever been as innocuous as you make out here. US sponsored dissidents have a terrible record in countries such as Chile, Guatemala, or the Congo.
I'm also curious as to why so many on the left want to buy into the rightwings distorted view of human rights. Is Cuba's human rights record so much worse than the other countries in the region? Why put so much scrutiny into the jailing of every dissident in Cuba when Columbia has the worst record of murdered journalists and Union organizers? Or overlooking Mexicos human rights record in Chiapis? What about the deplorable record our country has in promoting misery and poverty with failed economic programs in the region? It seems that by focusing so much on every offense of the Castro regime, is to buy into a strategy of diverting attention away from human rights abuses supported by our government. So I wonder what those on the left think they are going to accomplish by signing petitions condemning Cuba? I suspect its toattain some credibility with a conservative political establishment that is more than willing to use these petitions to support further attack on Cuba.
Brad
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